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Polperro House Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: The kitchen in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati...
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Robert Neal Baking Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal baking Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
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Solomon Juneau House

Date: 1976
Description: "Evangeline Koll guides visitors at the Solomon Juneau House."
Postcard

The Telephone Exchange

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of a female telephone operator at an 1890s era switchboard.
Photograph

Polperro House Kitchen at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Kitchen at Polperro House. Near the window is a chair and a butter churn. In the center is a woodburning stove, with a firewood box behind it against the w...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Front Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the front parlor, with mannequins of women dressed in period clothing sitting in chairs. Text on reverse reads: "The Front Parlor...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Upstairs Sitting Room

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard of the upstairs parlor, with two women wearing period dress sitting in chairs and reading. Text on reverse reads: "UPSTAIRS SITTING ROOM,...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Dining Room

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the dining room with the table set with dinnerware. Text on reverse reads: "The Dining Room tables are set with the original iron...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Grey Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Grey Parlor. Text on reverse reads: "The Grey Parlor with the adjoining bedroom beyond the open door was the Hollis Wade suit...
Postcard

Butternut House; Dining Room

Date: 1956
Description: Three women in period clothes are having tea in the dining room. Text on reverse reads: "Dining Room, Butternut House, Old Wade House State Park, Greenb...
Postcard

Basement Kitchen; Tallman House

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Description: View of Tallman House kitchen. There is a wood-burning stove in the fireplace. Fruit and nuts are arranged on the table.

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